And Hope to Die

And Hope to Die (French: La Course du lièvre à travers les champs, lit. 'The Hare's Race Across the Fields') is a 1972 crime thriller film directed by René Clément, and starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Robert Ryan, Lea Massari, and Aldo Ray. An international co-production between France and Italy, the film centers on a French fugitive on the run in Canada (Trintignant), who becomes embroiled in a heist in Montreal. It is loosely based on the 1954 novel Black Friday by American author David Goodis. The film was released in France on September 15, 1972.